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Help! -Please be kind, I know its my fault :( and she's a pet that comes in the house - I had put an old litter box outside to dispose of and my banty hen got into it and ate some and is now coughing up blood. I've separated her, and given her fresh water and food (she's obviously not eating or...

Hi All - I have a bit of a situation and I need some advice. This past summer I purchased 4 ducklings from the feed store. 2 pekin and 2 Rouen. The 2 pekin ended up being female and the 2 Rouen ended up being Drakes. One of my pekin's passed away tragically two weeks ago. This week the pekin...

Hi there! I've started incubating some of our eggs for the first time, and I've read a lot about Candling Eggs both on this site and others. What I'm confused about is when do we count Day 1? Is day 1 the day you put the eggs on the incubator? If so, today would be day 3 for me and I don't see...

Hi there - I have a Barred Cochin Roo, who is mating with a black Polish Hen, and was wondering if anyone had any ideas of what their babies would look like? I've use the chicken calculator with the best of my ability and it looks like the bars may come out dominant? But will their legs be...

Hi everyone - I broke up my two Tom's beating up my poor rooster today. They've never fought before, so this is a first. My roosters head is all bloody with feathers - no obvious lacerations except his ear is swollen and blood is coming out. I've cleaned him up as best I can, seperated him of...

Hi everyone - I have a flock of 2 guinea fowls, 3 turkeys, and 9 chickens. One of my guinea's that I believe is a male has been acting strangely for about a week. He is not as active as he used to be and tonight he kept bending his neck to one side and closing the eye on the opposite side. At...

So I'm pretty sure this isnt an emergency, but here's what happened... I just heard my 2 guinea's squawking up a storm so I run outside to see whats going on. I find them all in a frenzy running around (the story of running around like a chicken with your head cut off comes to mind), and after...

Hi there! I was wondering if you all could help me figure out if I have a tom here or not. I have 3 bronze turkeys, all are pets, but I would like to know if I have a tom(s) or not. Here is a picture of my Charlie (Charlize??)

Hi there! I'm new to BYC and also to raising chicks! My chicks are only 2-3 weeks old, so it looks like they wont be at the right age for laying until mid to late November. Will chickens lay in the winter? (I live in NH) Thanks! Amanda

Hi there! My name is Amanda and we have recently acquired new baby chicks, 7 chicken, 2 guinea fowls and 3 turkeys. We are new at this and have had them all of 5 days now, but we are enjoying every moment!